Measuring and dispensing can.



T. UYEHARA.

MEASURING AND DISPENSING CAN.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-5.1916.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

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TOMIKICHI [IYEHAR'A, or Los AnGELEs, cnmronnm.

. MEASURING AND DISPENSING can Specification of ietters Iatent.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

Application filed September 5, 1916. Serial No. 118,481.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TOMIKICEI UYEHARA, a subject of the Emperor of Japan, residing at Los Angeles,in the county of Los An geles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Measuring and Dispensing Cans; and I do declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to containing and dispensing devices and more particularly to devices of this character for dispensing predetermined quantities of the contained ma terial.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and efiicient deviceof this character so constructed thatthe contents of the container may be removed in measured quantities by tilting the container.

Another object is to provide a device of this character in which one wall of the discharge conduit is formed by one wall of thecontainer, thereby rendering the construction of the device economical.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description.-

proceeds, the invention resides in the combinatlon and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made 3-3 of Fig.1; p I Fig. 1 is a fragmentary plan new of the within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the'spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1, represents a vertical section of a container embodying this invention;

Fig. 2 is a transverse horizontal section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1;-

Fig. 3 is a similar view taken on the llne device; 0 V

. .Fig. 5 isv a side elevation of the discharge Spout and measuring device detached with .parts in section; a

Fig-6 is a verticalsection of the container shown in inverted tilted position for (1157 charging a measured quantity of material;

F g 7 is a detail sectional view lookmg toward the inside of the top.

.The container 1 constituting this invention is primarily intended for use as a cofl'ee can to be used by firms selling high grade coffee which they put up in sealed cans and deliver tothe. retail'trade, the container (being made so as to render its contents entirely dustproof and airtight, and so constructedas to deliver the contents 'in regu composed of sheetmetal, and obviously it may be used for containing any suitable or desired material.

The closure for the'top of this can 1 may be of varied construction, being here shown in the form of an inner member 2 and an outer member 3 in the' form of a cap, the flange 4 of which is frictionally engaged with the body of'the can, fitting over the can body and over which the label is applied to seal the top in closed position. This can is shown shouldered near its top as shown at l against which the free edge of j the cap flange 4 abuts and on which the cap 3 turns; This cap 2 has an outlet opening 5 at its perimeter for a purpose to be described. The inner closure member 2 also has a flange 6 which fits inside the mouth or upper end of the can 1 and is provided with a central filling opening 7 and with a peripheral recess 8 around which the flange 6 extends and Whichis designed to encircle the discharge spout 9 soon to be described. The cap 3 closes the opening '7 when the parts are assembled althpugh obviously it maybe closed by other-means if found desirable.

The dispensing portion of the device comprises a vertically disposed discharge spout or conduit 9 disposed at one side of the can, being shown composed of a half tube 10 preferably semi-cylindrical in shape, the open side thereof being closed by the inner face of the can 1 against which the side edges of the member 10 abut. The spout 9 extends longitudinally of the can and merges at its at the lower en of the member 10 at a point spaced from the bottom of the can, outwardly' as shown at '12. A pair of guide wings 13 extend laterally from the lower end of the wall of the receiving chamber.

The flared portion 12 may be of any desired size according to the quantity of material it is desired to dispense at a single tilting of the can.

A centrally disposed guiding member 14 having inwardly inclined sides 15 rests on the bottom of the container. the discharge spout forming the receiving chamber 11 rests on the guiding member and is thereby properly spaced from bottom of the container. The top of the guiding member 14 is made dome-shaped so as to allow the material to slide therefrom to the bottom of the can where it is held by the in clined sides of the guiding member 14. When the can is tilted from its normal vertical position in the direction of'the spout to an inverted position the material held by the inclined sides 0f the guiding member 14 will slide to gravity beneath the receiving chamber 11, and out through the discharge spout.

The upper end of the spout or conduit 9 conforms in shape to the opening in the cap 3 and the recess 8 of the closure member 2 and is engaged by the flange around the recess 8 which serves to hold the spout in operative connection with the can, or the spout may be soldered to the can if found desirable to do so.

In the use of this container the spout having been first mounted in the can with its edges engaging one side wall and the inner closure member 2 inserted, the can is then filled through the opening 7 in the cap 2 and cap 3 placed thereover with its opening 5 out of register with the mouth of the spout and is sealed by the label in the ordinary manner or in any other desired way, and the filled can is ready for sale. When it is desired to remove some of the contents from the can, the seal is broken and the cap 3 turned to bring its opening 5 into register with the mouth of the spout. When the can is now tilted or turned into inverted position as shown in Fig. 6, the material disposed beneath the chamber 11 will flow down through said chamber and the spout 9 and pass out into any desired vessel held thereunder. The dispensing chamber 11 may be constructed to contain any desired quantity so that the operator may know how much is dispensed at each tilting of the can. It is obvious that when it is desired to repeat the dispensing operation, the can is first righted into the position shown in Fig. 1 to permit the contents-thereof to flow down around the guiding member 14 under the measuring chamber 11, so that on the next tilting of the The end 12 of' top ofv said container and discharging through said closure, the wall at the lower end of said spout being flared outwardly to provide a substantially inverted funnelshaped receiving chamber, a centrally dis-,

posed guiding member having inwardly inclined sides and substantially dome-shaped top projecting upwardly from and resting on the bottom of said container, the lower end of the discharge spout resting on said guiding member and thereby being properly spaced from the bottom of the container, the dome-shaped top and inwardly inclined sides of the guiding member forming means of directing the contents of the container.

beneath the receiving chamber when the con tainer is inverted.

2. A device of the character described comprising a container, a closure for the upper end thereof, a spout member of channelshaped cross section disposed vertically within the container, the sides of the container closing the open side of the spout member and formingtherewith a'discharge spout, said discharge spout extending to the upper end of the container and discharging therethrough, the wall of the lower end of said spout being flaredoutwardly at a point spaced from the bottom of the container to provide a substantially inverted funnelshaped receiving chamber, a centrally disposed guiding member having inwardly inclined sides and a substantially domeshaped top projecting upwardly from and resting on the bottom of said container, the lower end of the discharge spout resting on 'said guiding member and thereby being properly spaced from the bottom of the container, the dome shaped top and inwardly inclined sides of the guiding member forming means for directing the contents of the container beneath the receiving chamber when the container is inverted.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ToMrKioi-n UYEHARA. 

